EconEdLink - Standards

Name: Money and Inflation

Standard: 11

Students will understand that: Money makes it easier to trade, borrow, save, invest, and compare the value of goods and services. The amount of money in the economy affects the overall price level. Inflation is an increase in the overall price level that reduces the value of money.
Students will be able to use this knowledge to: Explain how their lives would be more difficult in a world with no money, or in a world where money sharply lost its value.

Name: Trade

Standard: 5

Students will understand that: Voluntary exchange occurs only when all participating parties expect to gain. This is true for trade among individuals or organizations within a nation, and among individuals or organizations in different nations.
Students will be able to use this knowledge to: Negotiate exchanges and identify the gains to themselves and others. Compare the benefits and costs of policies that alter trade barriers between nations, such as tariffs and quotas.

Name: Spending

Standard: 2

Students will understand that: A budget is a plan for allocating a person’s spendable income to necessary and desired goods and services. When there is sufficient money in their budget, people may decide to give money to others, save, or invest to achieve future goals. People can often improve their financial wellbeing by making well-informed spending decisions, which includes critical evaluation of price, quality, product information, and method of payment. Individual spending decisions may be influenced by financial constraints, personal preferences, unique needs, peers, and advertising.

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Name: CCRA.L.6

Standard: College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Language

Area: College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Language

Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.

Name: CCRA.SL.1

Standard: College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening

Area: College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening

Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on othersâ€™ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

Name: CCRA.W.10

Standard: College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing

Area: College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing

Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Name: CCRA.W.2

Standard: College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing

Area: College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

Standards for Private: Norman Rockwell’s ‘Curiosity Shop’